Football Lesson Plan 2

This 45-minute football lesson is designed for beginner-level children aged 5–7, focusing on developing their dribbling skills. Through fun and engaging activities, children will learn to keep the ball close using small touches, change direction with control and look up to identify available space. Activities such as Traffic Lights Dribbling, Dribble Through the Gates, Cone Explorer and Treasure Collectors will help improve coordination, balance, spatial awareness and confidence with the ball. The lesson encourages children to practise using both feet, develop control at their own pace and maintain awareness of others while moving. By the end of the session, children should demonstrate improved dribbling control, the ability to change direction and a better understanding of how to move safely into space.